Archive for the ‘government’ Category

A couple of weeks ago we learned that the state of Illinois is facing almost certain financial disintegration because of decades of Democrats’ shockingly irresponsible government spending. It’s gotten so bad that now Illinois state lawmakers are receiving eviction notices on their local offices:
The state’s money problems are so bad that lawmakers are getting [...]

In typical fashion, the government meddles in an issue and makes things worse. Beginning April 29th, if an airline keeps its passengers delayed on the tarmac for more than 3 hours, it will be fined $27,500 per passenger. Naturally, airlines would like to stay in business, so they have found a way to get around [...]

We’ve heard a lot over the past few weeks about California being on the precipice of fiscal disaster, but did you know that Illinois is in a similarly catastrophic situation? Illinois is in such financial trouble that its deficit is $13 billion, nearly half of its $28 billion budget. Tom Elia of The New [...]

I don’t think I’ve heard of the UK Independence Party before. Drew M. at Ace of Spades thinks they are the libertarian/conservative party in the UK. While these folks have seats in the EU Parliament, they don’t have any in the British Parliament. That’s really too bad because Britain has descended into the deepest depths [...]

Michael Barone has a piece in which he offers one reason why most Americans today to reject a nanny-state and demand their independence while Europeans are accept that a nanny-state has significant control over many aspects of their lives:
Why do Americans reject such policies while Europeans seem content with them? One reason is history. Twentieth-century [...]

Back in October, 2008, I wrote a post about how House Democrats were trying to find a way to nationalize the American people’s retirement accounts by requiring that all Americans “invest” 5% of their income into guarranteed retirement account that would be run by the Social Security Administration instead of private 401(k) accounts and IRAs.
It [...]

During the health care debate, President Obama said that one way to reduce health care costs is to give grandma a pain pill instead of surgery. Now it seems grandma may not even get the pain pill:

While you struggle to pay your bills during this terrible economy, look who’s living the good life, and on your dime:
The number of federal workers earning six-figure salaries has exploded during the recession, according to a USA TODAY analysis of federal salary data.
Federal employees making salaries of $100,000 or more jumped from 14% to 19% [...]

As everyone knows, California is in a financial crisis to beat all crises and is looking for every way possible to cut costs. The most recent cost cutting measure it has taken is its implementation of the US Preventative Services Task Force’s mammogram recommendation (via Hot Air):
The eligibility age for state-subsidized breast cancer screening [...]

Nina Easton says yes:
When Obama took office, conventional wisdom held that the American people, jarred by a financial crisis they were routinely told was “the worst since the Great Depression,” would race into the protective arms of Washington. After all, the Federal Government had given us the New Deal in the worst of times and [...]